i have a problem with my laptop at the moment it wont boot up complaining of a corrupt registery file, and instructs me to insert the w2k recover disks or cd, unfortunately i cant find mine, wud anyone know sumwhere i could download these or lay my hands on the cd?
You won't be able to download these legitimately as you need a licensed copy. You can sometimes get/buy additional copies of the relevant OEM version of Windows from the PC/laptop manufacturer. Some manufacturers don't ship installation/recovery CDs/DVDs but included a special OS recovery partition on the hard disk. What make/model of laptop?